14:00 Meydan

Sunday 8 January 2023

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Park Avenue by Azizi Maiden Stakes - Turf

Off time: 14:02 | Winning time: 1m 24.3s

(9)

Army Sergeant^t1⁴²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Bernardo Pinheiro| T: A Al Shemaili

20/1

Twice-raced gelding. 4/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, sixth of 11 in maiden at Lingfield (10f, AW). Off 14 months. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Saeed Bin Suroor. Improvement required.

Form: 96/

(8)

Chef De Partie⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: R Mullen| T: M Mardood| OR: 73

5/1

Fairly useful gelding. Remains a maiden after 7 runs. 11/2, fifth of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (8f). Off 93 days. First run for yard after leaving Harry & Roger Charlton.

Form: 625645-

(16)

Chief Scribe^p1,t1

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Dane O'Neill| T: E Jeanne

33/1

Frankel gelding. Dam multiple graded winner in US. Cost 25,000 UAE. Drawn wide. Best watched on debut.

Form:

(1)

Game Master¹⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: R Ffrench| T: M Mardood| OR: 74

9/1

Lightly-raced gelding. 13/2 and visored for 1st time, last of 5 in handicap at Yarmouth (10.1f, good to firm), slowly away. Off 151 days. First run for yard after leaving Saeed Bin Suroor.

Form: 4/3545-

(14)

Maputo

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: T P O'Shea| T: B Seemar

12/1

Shamardal gelding. Dam group winner in France. From good family. Cost 200,000 UAE. Worth market check on debut.

Form:

(3)

Mischief Moon³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: C Planas⁽⁷⁾| T: B Seemar

22/1

10/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Meydan (6f) 38 days ago.

Form: 7-

(10)

Persian Empire^b³⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: R Scott| T: H Al Marar

25/1

Modest gelding. 50/1, tenth of 15 in maiden at Jebel Ali (6f). Off 11 months. First run for yard after leaving H. Al Hamida.

Form: 00-

(13)

Torrkee⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: J Van Overmeire| T: M Costa| OR: 71

6/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 7 runs. Blinkered for 1st time, first run since leaving Nicholas Bachalard when sixth of 8 in maiden (10/3) at Jebel Ali (6f) 64 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 253/356-

(12)

Al Hajaj^b1¹⁸⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: R Dawson| T: A Bin Harmash

16/1

Once-raced gelding. 80/1, last of 13 in maiden at Newmarket (7f, good to firm) on debut. Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Ismail Mohammed. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-

(4)

Almutawakel^t1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Fernando Jara| T: J Olascoaga| OR: 75

12/1

Fair gelding. First run since leaving Owen Burrows when eighth of 14 in maiden (11/1) at Meydan (8f) 16 days ago. May do better back on turf.

Form: 2428-

(6)

Legend Of Cannes¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: P Cosgrave| T: F Nass

20/1

20/1, eleventh of 14 in maiden at Meydan (8f) 16 days ago.

Form: 0-

(2)

Runaholic⁹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: A de Vries| T: F Nass| OR: 80| BF

9/4

Lightly-raced gelding. Second of 6 in minor event at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 15/8), running on. Off 99 days. First run for yard after leaving George Scott. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 5222-

(15)

Shake Hand¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: S Hitchcott| T: F Nass

25/1

Twelfth of 14 in maiden at Meydan (8f, 25/1) 16 days ago. Needs to step up on turf debut.

Form: 0-

(11)

Smart System

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: O Chavez| T: F Nass

25/1

The Factor colt. Cost $62,000 as a yearling. Has work to do on debut.

Form:

(5)

Sofalgin

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Sandro Paiva| T: B Seemar

25/1

More Than Ready colt. Half-brother to a winner in UAE. Dam winner in North America. May need a few to falter on debut.

Form:

(7)

Emirates Voice^t¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: J Da Silva| T: J Olascoaga

18/1

Fair filly. 28/1, first run since leaving Kevin Philippart De Foy when ninth of 10 in minor event at Meydan (7f) 16 days ago. Turf debut. Needs a return to form.

Form: 439-

Non-Runners

Ironside¹⁶

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: M Al Mheiri J: Reserve 1

Act Of Reason¹⁶

Weight: 9-11| Age: 7

T: O Refai J: Reserve 2

Flame Talon⁷

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: S Ghadayer J: Reserve 3

Panoshoshic⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: S Ghadayer J: Reserve 4

Forecasts

Runaholic (9/4), Chef De Partie (5/1), Torrkee (6/1), Game Master (9/1), Almutawakel (12/1), Maputo (12/1), Al Hajaj (16/1), Emirates Voice (18/1), Legend Of Cannes (20/1), Army Sergeant (20/1), Mischief Moon (22/1), Persian Empire (25/1), Shake Hand (25/1), Sofalgin (25/1), Smart System (25/1), Chief Scribe (33/1)

RUNAHOLIC has been a short price the last twice, but his last three runs fully entitle him to respect and he gets the vote again. Torkee may be the best bet for second, while Almutawakel heads up those chasing third place.